Childrens first person shooters?
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what about The Hunter? Its free! great graphics, its an amazingly beautiful and colourful game, relaxing an peaceful too. sort of.
instead of the obvious (trying to shoot Bambi, essentially ) you could sort of wander about trying to find all the animals? there's quite a variety, all stunningly lifelike. you could try looking at them through binoculars and seeing how close you can get to take photos of them with the camera before they scarper.
i've wondered about like a child in that games just looking at stuff for ages, didn't shoot a thing..
instead of the obvious (trying to shoot Bambi, essentially ) you could sort of wander about trying to find all the animals? there's quite a variety, all stunningly lifelike. you could try looking at them through binoculars and seeing how close you can get to take photos of them with the camera before they scarper.
i've wondered about like a child in that games just looking at stuff for ages, didn't shoot a thing..
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Serious Sam with flowers turned on.
True!
Cartoons do use violence to make us laugh.
Even on Super Mario you're running around jumping on peoples heads.
lol, yeh do that in real-life and you're facing manslaughter/murder charges.
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Lego Star Wars and Banjo Kazooie :Nuts and Bolts (xbox) have saved me hours of tedious parenting!
Banjo Kazooie was particularly good for my 5 year old, he started to try to put together his own vehicles and everything. He also started pushing cows into the volcano with them mind you, but still
Banjo Kazooie was particularly good for my 5 year old, he started to try to put together his own vehicles and everything. He also started pushing cows into the volcano with them mind you, but still
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I know I'm going to get jumped on by the "video games pose no risk to a kids development" brigade, but: how about not letting your child (though it's not just you, there's others in this thread) play FPSs? Why would you want your child to play FPSs or have such a great deal of interest in computer games at such an early age? Fair enough if they're 13/14 or whatever, but five years old? Get them some figures/toys that allow them to use their own imagination rather than the imagination of the game developer.
It distresses me to see such young kids playing video games, they're like zombies. I'm not trying to say they should never be allowed to play video games, but modern FPS like BC2 and MOH? For a five year old? No one else can see an issue with this?
It distresses me to see such young kids playing video games, they're like zombies. I'm not trying to say they should never be allowed to play video games, but modern FPS like BC2 and MOH? For a five year old? No one else can see an issue with this?
I thought about it for a long time to be honest. I wouldn't let my kids near anything that involves pointing a gun at someone, they're just too young. They've been given access to the xbox, where it's a game I can play along with them, or something that they need to think about to play - puzzles and stuff that requires lateral thinking. They're also strictly limited to the weekend for gaming, it just interferes with homework otherwise.
Before I ever had kids I watched my nephew turn into a little vegetable playing hours and hours of PS2 games from the age he could hold a controller, and it scared the hell out of me. I have one particularly vivid memory of him kicking the crap out of a bystander repeatedly in GTA. He's in his teens now and has serious concentration issues, to the point that he has to have someone beside him in exams to keep him on track.
Quite possibly a completely separate issue, but it scared the bejeesus out of me nonetheless. I don't even let my kids SEE me playing shooters or anything remotely violent.
Before I ever had kids I watched my nephew turn into a little vegetable playing hours and hours of PS2 games from the age he could hold a controller, and it scared the hell out of me. I have one particularly vivid memory of him kicking the crap out of a bystander repeatedly in GTA. He's in his teens now and has serious concentration issues, to the point that he has to have someone beside him in exams to keep him on track.
Quite possibly a completely separate issue, but it scared the bejeesus out of me nonetheless. I don't even let my kids SEE me playing shooters or anything remotely violent.
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Lol, SoF has you blowing a guys penis off whilst he's taking a lash, not to mention you can blow limbs off.
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Not even soft violence, like LotRO? I understand and agree completely though, i would let them play games like Mario etc however.
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I know I'm going to get jumped on by the "video games pose no risk to a kids development" brigade, but: how about not letting your child (though it's not just you, there's others in this thread) play FPSs? Why would you want your child to play FPSs or have such a great deal of interest in computer games at such an early age? Fair enough if they're 13/14 or whatever, but five years old? Get them some figures/toys that allow them to use their own imagination rather than the imagination of the game developer.
It distresses me to see such young kids playing video games, they're like zombies. I'm not trying to say they should never be allowed to play video games, but modern FPS like BC2 and MOH? For a five year old? No one else can see an issue with this?
How about you read my posts earlier in the thread regarding FPS? Not all FPS have to have blood and death in them , try thinking outside the box. For example read my earlier post regarding a FPS where you have a paintgun and have to shoot the right coloured paint at corresponding paint "signs" in order to solve puzzles.
I've already said that she doesnt play BC2 or MoH, nor would I let her, hence the whole point of the thread. She has over £600 worth of Playmobil stuff, she has literally dozens of "boardgames" that we play, she has several dozen books, she is very active on her scooter and her bike, she is rated Grade 7 in the weekly evening Gymnastics school that she attends. She has a multitude of different things that we do... she also likes to play the games on Cbeebies and Nickjr websites and plays slightly more advanced stuff like the Lego PC games from time to time. All in all, I would say she is very well rounded.
The point of the thread was to see if there were any games (I suspected there might not be) which involve the general movement mechanics of a first person shooter (ie, first person, aiming, "firing" and the physics of the reaction to that act) which would be suitable for a young child. Although to be honest I did fully expect the PC liberal brigade to jump down my throat without thinking outside the box and assuming that every fps in existence must equal body parts, gore and M60s. So far though , thats been largely avoided, which I think is a testament to those people who have wanted to help rather than condemn on the forum.
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